#Chapter 163: Accidental Projection

Lamar hadn’t done anything wrong exactly. Saying goodnight and sending me on my way was a perfectly fine way to end an evening. Yet I felt oddly… put out. Dismissed, almost. I had foolishly thought that by suggesting I wanted to go home, we would leave together and get the chance to talk one on one. A lot happened tonight. I still didn’t fully understand why he would dismiss the hockey team. It almost seemed like he was taking orders from Joseph. Lamar had said he was hoping to maintain the peace. There could be truth to that, especially with the way Joseph was carrying on. I wanted to hear his explanation and then tell him what Joseph had done and what he’d threatened, but I couldn’t do that in front of a crowded room. The fault was mine, I knew that. I should have asked for exactly what I wanted, but it never occurred to me that I would need to. Asher always walked me home at night. No matter what we had been doing. No matter how close or how far the walk. Asher would m